Spanning more than 66 million years, the Cenozoic Era shaped the world we live in today. From the rise of mammals to the emergence of modern humans, this era tells a story of survival, evolution, and ...

Mammal species diversified more rapidly early in their history – peaking roughly 66 million years ago – before a long-term decline in diversification punctuated by diminishing bursts of evolutionary ...

Studying changes in marine biogeographic patterns, and the factors impacting these patterns over geological time, can help scientists understand current responses­ in organisms due to human-driven ...

A research team led by Prof. Huang Diying from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) has identified three species of Jurassic orthopterans—an ...

The first unambiguous fossil from the botfly family adds to the few known fossils of a major clade of flies (Calyptratae), shedding light on their rapid radiation during the Cenozoic Era, according to ...

Physical And Temporal Setting: 1. Tectonics and Geomorphology of Africa during the Phanerozoic / Timothy C. Partridge -- 2. Chronology of Paleogene Mammal Localities / Erik R. Seiffert -- 3.